the same and difference between rome and greek

The ancient Romans were very different from the ancient Greeks.

The ancient Romans were realists, not idealists. You can see this in their statues. The Greeks made statues of perfect people. The Romans created real life statues. A statue of one of the Roman emperors is a good example. His nose is huge! The ancient Greeks would never have done that.

The Romans built roads all over the empire, and all roads led to Rome. The ancient Greeks had roads, but they were not built nearly as well, and the Greek's roads did not connect in any particular order. Connect to what? Each Greek city-state was its own unit. In ancient Rome, Rome was the heart of the empire!

In both Roman and Greek culture, women had the responsibility of the home. But women's freedoms were very different.

Greek Women: In ancient Greece, except in Sparta, women had no rights. They were the property of their husband. They had to ask their husband's permission to leave the house or to talk to a neighbor who came visiting.

As time went on, rights for women remained the same.

Roman Women: During the 200 years that Rome was a Kingdom, rights for women in ancient Rome were similar to rights for women in ancient Greece. But as time went on, things began to change.

During the 500 years that Rome was a Republic, Roman women could go to the Forum to shop, chat with friends, and visit a temple, all without asking their husband for permission.

During the 500 years that Rome was an Empire, women gained even more freedom. Under the Empire, it was legal for women to own land, run businesses, free slaves, make wills, inherit wealth, and get a paid job.

In ancient Rome, only free adult men were citizens. Although women were not citizens of ancient Rome, they enjoyed considerably more freedom than did women in ancient Greece.

Both Greece and Rome are Mediterranean countries, but the terrain of the two is very different. The ancient Greek city-states were separated from each other by hilly countryside and all were near the water. Rome was inland, on one side of the Tiber River, but the Italic tribes (in the boot-shaped peninsula that is now Italy) did not have the natural hilly borders to keep them out of Rome.

Greek art is considered superior to (imitative) Roman art. The goal of the classical Greek sculptors was to produce an ideal artistic form, where the goal of Roman artists was to produce realistic portraits for decoration. This is obvious oversimplification, especially when considering the division of Greek art into the Mycenaean, geometric, archaic, and Hellenistic periods, in addition to the Classical, but the art we associate with Greece is the Venus de Milo, and the Roman art is the mosaic or wall painting known as fresco.

The economy of both Greece and Rome was based on agriculture. Greeks ideally lived on small self-sufficient wheat-producing farms, but bad agricultural practices made many households incapable of feeding themselves. Big estates took over, producing wine and olive oil, which were also the chief exports of the Romans. The Romans, who imported their wheat and annexed provinces that could provide them with this all-important staple, also farmed, but they also engaged in trade. It is thought that the Greeks considered such occupations degrading. In the cities, manufacturing went on. Both Greece and Rome worked mines. While Greece also had slaves, the economy of Rome was dependent on slave labor from the expansion until the late Empire. Both cultures had coinage.

Greek (at least Athenian) women were not citizens; Roman women were. Both societies were also divided according to wealth. As are all the other categories, this is a complicated area and what is true of Athens is not true of Sparta.

Dealing with Athens, according to the literature, women were valued for not gossiping, for managing the household, and, most of all, for producing legitimate children. The aristocratic woman was secluded in the women's quarter and had to be accompanied in public places. She could own, but not sell property. The Athenian woman was subject to her father, and even after marriage, he could ask for her return. She was not a citizen.

The Roman woman was subject to the pater familias, whether the dominant male in her household of birth or the household of her husband. She could own and dispose of property and go about as she wished. From epigraphy, we read that a Roman woman was valued for piety, modesty, maintenance of harmony, and being a one-man woman. She could be a Roman citizen.

The father of the family was dominant and could decide whether or not to keep a newborn child. The paterfamilias was the Roman head of the household. Adult sons with families of their own were still subject to their own father if he was the paterfamilias. In the Greek family, the situation was more what we consider normal. Sons could legally challenge the competence of their fathers.

Originally kings ruled Athens; then an oligarchy, and then democracy (voting by the citizens). Kings originally governed Rome. Then Rome enjoyed a mixed Republican form of government, followed by emperors.

Originally kings ruled Athens; then an oligarchy, and then democracy (voting by the citizens). Kings originally governed Rome. Then Rome enjoyed a mixed Republican form of government, followed by emperors.

The ancient Greek and Roman world contributed so much to the formalization of Western Civilization, and in so doing, it changed the world as a whole. They possessed both virtues and vices. Their legacies include both significant acheivements...and tragic errors.
The Greeks were absolutely amazing with their art, architecture, politics, philosophy, I love every aspect of Ancient Greece. They were, in my opinion, so far ahead of their time compared to most of the other civilizations at the time, it some ways they were more advanced than we are now, when it comes to the deep thinking. I love their appreciation of beauty and how everything they did was not just practical but to be beautiful and lasting.

The Romans, on the other hand, although not very original, were amazing in there own right. They were the greatest borrower in history, probably comparable to America now. They borrowed from every place they took over, a smart move because it meant that the people in the area found the transition much simpler and could keep up their original lifestyle to an extent. The Romans embraces every language, religion, all architecture, thinking, etc. They had one of the greatest governments in history.

So look at it this way, if you study the Greeks you will be looking right into their culture, whereas if you study the Romans you will be getting a snapshot of every culture in their Empire. Either is a great choice, both are equally as interesting and I wish you luck choosing, I never could!
Classical Antiquity (or Ancient Greece and Rome) is a period of about 900 years, when ancient Greece and then ancient Rome (first as a Republic and then as an Empire) dominated the Mediterranean area, from about 500 B.C.E. - 400 C.E. We tend to lump ancient Greece and Rome together because the Romans adopted many aspects of Greek culture when they conquered the areas of Europe under Greek control (circa 145 - 30 B.C.E.).

Gods and Goddesses
For example, the Romans adopted the Greek pantheon of Gods and Godesses but changed their names—the Greek god of war was Ares, whereas the Roman god of war was Mars. The ancient Romans also copied ancient Greek art. However, the Romans often used marble to create copies of sculptures that the Greeks had originally made in bronze.

A rational approach
The ancient Greeks were the first Western culture that believed in finding rational answers to the great questions of earthly life. They assumed that there were consistent laws which governed the universe—how the stars move; the materials that compose the universe; mathematical laws that govern harmony and beauty, geometry and physics.

Both the Ancient Greeks and the Ancient Romans had enormous respect for human beings, and what they could accomplish with their minds and bodies. They were Humanists (a frame of mind which was re-born in the Renaissance). This was very different from the period following Classical Antiquity—the Middle Ages, when Christianity (with its sense of the body as sinful) came to dominate Western Europe.

When you imagine Ancient Greek or Roman sculpture, you might think of a figure that is nude, athletic, young, idealized, and with perfect proportions—and this would be true of Ancient Greek art of the Classical period (5th century B.C.E.) as well as much of Ancient Roman art.
They both had many gods (polytheists) they had a big part to play in maths, astronomy, philosophy and the arts.
They loved theatre. They had legends based on Gods ruling planets and months of the year. They believed in the stars dictating their lives. They both spoke Latin. Much of our language derives from their ancient vocabulary.

They're both European countries.

While Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome are often confused for one another, there are many differences between the two. Â Both countries are Mediterranean yet have social class differences, different mythology and valued life differently. Â Ancient Greece thrived in the 5th century B.C., while Rome did not thrive for hundreds of years later. It is believed that much of what Rome used in everyday life was adopted from the ancient Greek civilization, however with minor alterations.

Socially, both the Greek and Roman societies believed in a hierarchy. Â Greece divided their social systems into five categories: slaves, freedmen, metics, citizens and women. Â In the Grecian civilization, women were not given a position, they were considered to be less than slaves. Â Rome’s society was divided into four different categories: freedmen, slaves, plebeians, and patricians. Â In the Roman society, women were not treated as lesser individuals, as they were in Greece. Â Rather women were considered citizens, if they were not born into slavery, however they were not able to hold political offices or vote.

The Greeks and the Romans are also historically remembered for their contributions to today’s building architecture. Â The Greeks were responsible for incorporating three different architecture styles: Corinthian, Doric and Ionic. Â Greek architecture inspired the Romans, who in turn adopted Grecian style however they incorporated arches and aqueducts in their buildings. Â Another architectural notation is that the Greeks chose to use statuesque figures honoring the human form, while Romans seemed to focus more on the actual building design and technique. Â The Greeks used materials like plaster, wood, marble and metals to create their architecture. Â While the Romans used some of the same materials, they were also responsible for the incorporation of concrete as a new building material, something the Greeks never had.

Both Greece and Rome are probably most famous for the mythological stories, which developed from both civilizations. Â However, it is believed that the stories from the Greek culture, were adopted by the Romans with minor changes to names and certain situations. Â An example is the famous manuscript The Iliad, produced by the Greeks. Â Similarly nearly 700 years later, the Romans produced a similar manuscript, The Aeneid. Often, at times, what created mythological differences between the two, are the values of the people and their outlook on life. Â Greeks focused on their behavior on the now, never planning on life after death. Â Romans believed that if they were ideal and model citizens they could become Gods in the afterlife.
There were many way in which ancient Greece and ancient Rome were different, but one of the most important differences was one of unity. The Greeks had Their city-states which were like mini countries, each independent of each other. They would only unite when some crisis occurred and then return to their independent ways.
Rome , on the other hand, was united. The city of Rome, its surrounding territory and its conquests, were all considered part of Rome. They were administered under Roman law and customs and many "conquered people" became Roman citizens, thereby increasing the unity of the Roman empire.